Soaking it all Up!

Today I was a bad worker bee, I came home from work around 4:00 to submerse myself in a new blog. :) Julie and her husband Rick adopted 2 little ones, a boy and a girl, from Aktobe in the Spring of 2006, and they were nice enough to send me their blog. I spent nearly 4 1/2 hours reading through their journey today and learning about my daughter's city, baby house and bits of her culture. For now, here are some new photos of Aktobe.



This is a photo of the Museum of History in Aktobe.


Here is the Mosque, I believe this is where the Muslim worship, and this Mosque is connected to the Shopping Market, kindof strange hu. :) Maybe it would be useful after spending way too much on shoes, you could just pop in to pray about having little willpower??


This is the men's worship room in the Mosque.


Here is the inside of the Catholic Church in Aktobe.


And this is one of the hotel rooms at the Amsterdam Hotel, this is the hotel that I have requested to stay at in Aktobe (not yet sure if this is where I will be but am hoping all works out.) It sounds like this is a fairly new hotel with an indoor pool, fairly nice accomodations and internet access in your room. Score!